As a part of our 52-week publishing plan, we’ll offer 12 special, themed issues, appearing about once per month (see below). They will contain more than our usual 16 pages, and they will include more advertising. These special issues will have room for an unlimited number of advertisers who can place smaller as well as larger ads.

We believe this will be good for readers. These thicker issues will have room for more editorial content. The themes we’ve chosen all deserve special attention. And we think readers will be interested in the variety of ads they contain.

Meanwhile weekly one-page ad space will be available in other issues this year too. To advertise in CHRISTIAN STANDARD, write Christianstandard@standardpub.com. We’ll also send you information about new advertising opportunities in our sister publication, The Lookout.

We’re also changing our roster of contributing editors. These folks give us advice, contribute articles, and meet at least once per year in a planning/strategy meeting. We intended from the outset to make this a rotating group, with new members replacing former members from time to time.

This summer we said good-bye to four contributing editors whose input was valuable: